Uttarakhand glacier disaster: 26 bodies recovered, rescue operations to find around 200 under way Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that breaking of the glacier may have caused the disaster. Updated Feb 08, 2021 · 11:04 pm Personnel from the Uttarakhand Police, the Indian Army, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and other agencies conduct a rescue operation on Monday. | Uttarakhand Police/ Twtter
Over 200 people were still missing on Monday and 26 bodies were recovered after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off in Uttarakhand and led to flash floods.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that breaking of the glacier may have caused the disaster. He said that experts from the Indian Space Research Organisation, the Defence Research and Development Organisation and other agencies were being roped in.